Ever seem "All In The Family"? I always felt "Merchant of Venice" should be played like that - the humor of bigotry on both sides. But part of Shakespeare's genius is shown by the possibility of different interpretations.
I loved this vedio...I'm writing exactly on this today and it really gave me more pointers as to what I could use in my essay...Thank you very very much...the vedio was splendid🙏❤️
Here’s a Jewish teenager’s response to the “Hath not a Jew eyes…” monologue. It’s exactly like the monologue the villain in a superhero movie says to Batman before he kills him. I can’t believe you fell for that.
Not in any way true that Venice was sceptical of outsiders. Venice was a mercantile hub of early modern Europe; it was one of the most multicultural societies of the era. It is why Othello begins there. Othello is allowed by the Duke of Venice to marry Desdemona; even at the top of the Venetian power structure, racial integration is not entirely disregarded. Worth noting that the Prince of Morocco is even considered as an option. This video over-simplifies these dynamics. That being said, there was a Ghetto culture in Venice, where Shylock would have been forced to live. One of the inaccuracies of the play is that Shylock would have been allowed to invite a Gentile character to his home. He would not. The great trauma of Shylock’s narrative is that by being forced to convert to Christianity, he would have found himself in a no-man’s land. He would have been expelled from his Ghetto community after his conversion, but would not have been allowed to integrate into the Christian hegemonic culture. At the end of Act 4, his entire identity is essentially decimated.
these merchant of Venice videos are helping so much with my revision for gcse for my exam next week!!thank you!
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Ever seem "All In The Family"? I always felt "Merchant of Venice" should be played like that - the humor of bigotry on both sides. But part of Shakespeare's genius is shown by the possibility of different interpretations.
I loved this vedio...I'm writing exactly on this today and it really gave me more pointers as to what I could use in my essay...Thank you very very much...the vedio was splendid🙏❤️
Wonderful!
Here’s a Jewish teenager’s response to the “Hath not a Jew eyes…” monologue. It’s exactly like the monologue the villain in a superhero movie says to Batman before he kills him. I can’t believe you fell for that.
Not in any way true that Venice was sceptical of outsiders. Venice was a mercantile hub of early modern Europe; it was one of the most multicultural societies of the era. It is why Othello begins there. Othello is allowed by the Duke of Venice to marry Desdemona; even at the top of the Venetian power structure, racial integration is not entirely disregarded. Worth noting that the Prince of Morocco is even considered as an option. This video over-simplifies these dynamics.
That being said, there was a Ghetto culture in Venice, where Shylock would have been forced to live. One of the inaccuracies of the play is that Shylock would have been allowed to invite a Gentile character to his home. He would not. The great trauma of Shylock’s narrative is that by being forced to convert to Christianity, he would have found himself in a no-man’s land. He would have been expelled from his Ghetto community after his conversion, but would not have been allowed to integrate into the Christian hegemonic culture. At the end of Act 4, his entire identity is essentially decimated.